Development Update - Deck help & more

{"ops":[{"insert":"Hi all!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nToday we've launched a pretty significant new feature: Deck help requests! We'll cover that along with some improvements to deck price data and oracle tag support below. Let's jump in!\n\nWhat is deck help? How does deck help work?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nAny deck can now be flagged as requesting deck help. You can do so either from the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"More"},{"insert":" menu on the deck page or via the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/deck-help","bold":true},"insert":"Deck help requests"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"link on the global navigation bar. \n\n"},{"insert":{"image":"https://storage.googleapis.com/topdekt-user/article_images/deck_help/deck_help_2.png"}},{"insert":"\n\nWhen you flag as deck as requesting help, you'll be prompted with two questions: "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"What is this deck trying to do?"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"What does this deck need help with? "},{"insert":"Answering these questions clearly and succinctly will provide other users with the information they need to give you quality feedback. \n\n"},{"insert":{"image":"https://storage.googleapis.com/topdekt-user/article_images/deck_help/deck_help_1.png"}},{"insert":"\n\nOnce you've submitted a deck help request, the session stays active for seven days. During this time, your deck will appear on the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/deck-help","bold":true},"insert":"Deck Help Requests"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"page (linked under "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Decks"},{"insert":" on the global navigation bar). There, users can browse through requests and leave comments on any they feel they can meaningfully contribute to. While a deck help session is active, it's details and comments are automatically pinned to the left/top (desktop/mobile) of the deck area. If a comment is left on your deck, you'll receive a notification on the bell icon at the top right corner of the page. At the end of the seven days, your deck help session will expire, but if you're still looking for feedback, you can always open another! Comments left on your deck will stick around even after a deck help session expires. \n\n"},{"insert":{"image":"https://storage.googleapis.com/topdekt-user/article_images/deck_help/deck_help_3.png"}},{"insert":"\n\nI'll do you one better, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"why"},{"insert":" is deck help?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFor us, soliciting deck help online traditionally hasn't been a great experience. You can create a Reddit thread or make a post in an appropriate Discord server, but even if you get responses, there's a bit of natural friction that comes from suggestions being left on one platform while the edits you make happen in another. We're aiming to remove that friction by having the requests and feedback all take place right on your deck page. \n\nOn the other end, if you're someone who enjoys helping folks with their brews, it can be difficult to offer valuable feedback when they just drop a deck link onto a social platform without context. By requiring requesters to explain what their decks are trying to do and specifically what they're looking for help with, we're hoping to remove a lot of that guess work. \n\nFor this system to work, we need to strike a good balance of requesters and helpers. We've got some levers to pull on our end if it looks like one is far outpacing the other, but you can help a ton by interacting with both sides of the process. \n\nOther recent updates"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nOver the past few weeks, we've quietly released a few other site updates that are worth mentioning here.\n\nDeck price data"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nHovering/tapping on a deck's price now links to an overlay with extremely granular data about the deck's current cost with multiple different vendors (cheapest edition, excluding basics, excluding cards in collection, etc.). We also break down the deck's cost by category and cards within price ranges. This overlay also includes tabs for buying/selling to vendors and optimizing printings based on attributes like cost, foiling, general fanciness, etc. \n\n"},{"insert":{"image":"https://storage.googleapis.com/topdekt-user/article_images/deck_help/deck_help_4.png"}},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Oracle tag support"},{"insert":"\n\nOracle tags are applied by Scryfall contributors to help group cards by attributes not covered by the objective characteristics most card searches allow for. The system is absurdly robust, but a simple example is performing a syntax search with the text "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"otag:removal "},{"insert":"appended to whatever else you're searching to limit your results to cards that have been tagged as removal. \n\nWhile performing syntax searches like this has been possible on Archidekt for years, we now also display cards oracle tags! Click on a card in a deck or search, switch to the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Oracle tag"},{"insert":" tab, and you'll be presented with all applicable. Each oracle tag is clickable, allowing you to quickly perform a search for other cards with that tag. If you've got a card in your deck with a really niche function that you'd love to find more of, this is a great way of going about it!\n\n"},{"insert":{"image":"https://storage.googleapis.com/topdekt-user/article_images/deck_help/deck_help_5.png"}},{"insert":"\n\nAlso on the card modal, we've added an "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Oracle tags"},{"insert":" dropdown under \"Quick category options\". From here, you can quickly apply an oracle tag as the main or a secondary category to a card in your deck. \n\nWhat's next?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWe've got a few irons in the fire right now, but we're likely looking at a pretty significant new playtester feature coming up next. Stay tuned!\n\nAny feedback you have on deck help or anything else on the site is greatly appreciated. You can leave a comment below, or join us over in "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/gWt75SGA3q"},"insert":"our community Discord"},{"insert":". Thank you for your support!\n"}]}